Jamie is a Senior Electrical Engineer with California’s Department of Health Care Access and Information in the Office of State Hospital Planning and Development (HCAI/OSHPD). As a member of OSHPD’s Building Standards Unit (BSU) Jamie is the technical lead for the electrical discipline. As such he develops and maintains electrical codes and standards for California health care facilities. The BSU unit is commissioned to maintain and update existing codes and standards based on new legislation and the latest engineering standards, studies, and advancement.

Jamie is a member of NFPA 70 Code-Making Panel 15 (NEC-P15) which develops and maintains Article 517 in the National Electrical Code and the NFPA 99 Electrical Systems (HEA-ELS) Committee. Recently he has been a member of special task groups within NFPA 70 CMP 15 and NFPA 99 HEA-ELS committees that have reviewed and revised code sections related to Health Care Microgrids to address inconsistences with existing code language and advancing technologies in this field to facilitate the adoption of microgrids in Health Care Facilities. He is also the author of the recently released OSHPD Advisory Guide A7- MICROGRIDS FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, which can be found on the OSHPD website.